The Journal Clubs

The Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group has two Journal Clubs - one with a palaeo theme and one more general ecology. The Journal Club meetings are a good way of staying updated on the latest research. The meetings give us experience in reading scientific literature and understanding and applying complex scientific terms and ideas. It's not all about shredding papers to pieces - there is a machine that does that - but can help in recognising good practice for when writing your own papers. Both students and researchers are welcome to join the Journal Clubs!

The General Ecology Club meets every second Friday over lunch to discuss articles related to our research interests.

Each person is responsible for a journal and selects a couple of articles (new ones, preferably) from that journal as suggestions for discussion. We briefly present the articles, and together, we decide which should be selected for discussion in the next meeting. The articles selected at the previous meeting are discussed, including the research design, methods, theme and results.

We also select articles that may be interesting to the general public and write popular science articles based on them.

Please contact Brooke Wilkerson for details.

The Palaeo Club meets once a month on a Tuesday between 10:30 and 12:00 and discuss papers mainly related to palaeoecology and climate change.

Our meetings are aimed at anyone interested in palaeoecology, climate change and related topics. We usually discuss two papers in each meeting, which two people have prepared in advance. We also choose two new articles to discuss for the next meeting. We hope to write up some of the articles discussed as popular science for dissemination to a wider audience.

For more details about the Palaeo Club contact Arguitxu de la Riva Caballero.